Midges as palaeoindicators of lake productivity, eutrophication and hypolimnetic oxygen

Brodersen, Kasper Elgetti; Quinlan, Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.03.020

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“…Chironomus anthracinus-type displays maximum abundances, probably due to warmer temperatures, which favored lake stratification and therefore enhanced hypolimnetic oxygen consumption. Low oxygen concentrations possibly also led to the decline of Micropsectra insignilobus-type and limited the expansion of Tanytarsus lugens-type, which under temperate climatic conditions are both usually abundant in the profundal of well-oxygenated lakes (Hofmann, 1988;Clerk et al, 2000;Brooks et al, 2007;Brodersen and Quinlan, 2006). These taxa may have survived in the littoral of the lake, where oxygen was not a limiting factor (Brodersen and Quinlan, 2006).…”

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Climate warming and vegetation response after Heinrich event 1 (16 700–16 000 cal yr BP) in Europe south of the Alps

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Section: Interpretation Of Faunal Trendsmentioning

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Climate warming and vegetation response after Heinrich event 1 (16 700–16 000 cal yr BP) in Europe south of the Alps

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“…Global, large-scale patterns of climate ultimately control the structure of the benthic invertebrate communities in lakes; however, at small scales site-specific factors dominate (Johnson and Goedkoop, 2002). Coupled with changes in temperature and climate are changes in other lake processes, including rates of catchment weathering, inputs of nutrients and organic material, and lake productivity, to name a few (Brodersen and Quinlan, 2006). Therefore, the gradient lakes for this study were selected using the following criteria: (i) a low degree of human disturbance in their catchments such as grazing or recreation; (ii) lake water quality influenced only by atmospheric pollution and/or natural variability; and (iii) localities belonging to the same catchment.…”

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“…Chironomid communities have proven to be good indicators of lake-ecosystem responses to different environmental and anthropogenic disturbances (Brodersen and Quinlan, 2006). In addition, chironomids are the most widely distributed insect family in freshwaters, comprising thousands of species corresponding to 25% of aquatic insects (Cranston, 1995).…”

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The distribution of littoral chironomids along an altitudinal gradient in High Tatra Mountain lakes: Could they be used as indicators of climate change?

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2009

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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-We studied assemblages of littoral chironomids from three alpine lakes in the High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia) along an altitude range of 1725-2157 m. The study sites were selected in order to emphasize differences in their thermal regimes. Littoral samples were taken quantitatively in the ice-free seasons of 2000 and 2001. In total, 3468 chironomid larvae and pupae were collected and 29 taxa were identified. Some parameters of the littoral chironomid assemblages showed clear patterns along the altitude gradient. The number of taxa and Shannon diversity increased markedly with decreasing altitude. Density, however, did not show any correlation with altitude. Even though gatherers highly dominated in all sites, their relative abundance decreased with decreasing altitude. The ratio of scrapers and predators correlated negatively with altitude. According to the results of a Detrended Correspondence Analysis, Pseudodiamesa arctica and Micropsectra radialis were chosen as indicator species for alpine lakes > 2000 m a.s.l. Typical subalpine lake inhabitants are Zavrelimyia sp., Prodiamesa olivacea, Corynoneura scutellata group, Cricotopus polaris, Micropsectra bavarica and Paratanytarsus austriacus. A single species, Micropsectra junci, seemed to be characteristic of alpine lakes < 2000 m a.s.l. This "gradient lake concept" could be used to predict changes in mountain lake fauna under expected climate change scenarios. Generally, an upward shift of subalpine species would be expected. The thermal regime of lakes, however, also depends on several local factors. Consequently, the schemes outlined here would not be valid for the entire Tatra lake district.

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“…Although affected by diagenesis and sediment compaction, this may reflect a gradual increase in productivity, reflected in increased hydrophyte production, from human impacts intensifying at the time. An increase in trophic status is consistent with an increase in the percentage of Glyptotendipes, a chironomid preferring nutrient-enriched waters (Kornijów & Gulati, 1992;Brodersen & Quinlan, 2006;Tarkowska-Kukuryk & Kornijów, 2008), and a simultaneous decrease in the numbers of colonial cyanobacteria G. echinulata.…”

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“…The sediments were particularly rich in larvae of Chironomus sp. They are capable of enduring periodical oxygen depletion at the water/sediment interface (Walshe, 1950;Brodersen & Quinlan, 2006), potentially reflecting the accumulation of organic matter and strongly damped water movements under densely growing charophyte meadows (Van den Berg et al, 1997;Miranda & Hodges, 2000;Madsen et al, 2001).…”

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Towards a more precisely defined macrophyte-dominated regime: the recent history of a shallow lake in Eastern Poland

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Archived data and sedimentary macrofossil records of vegetation and invertebrates deposited in a 60-cm long sediment core were analysed to examine if macrophyte dominance was a permanent feature of the recent history of lowland Lake Kleszczów. For the last several centuries, the lake has not been dominated by phytoplankton but by floating-leaved vegetation at strongly reduced water level. Starting from the midnineteenth century, probably as a result of climate fluctuations, vegetation switched at first into submerged angiosperms, and then, in the second half of twentieth century, towards charophytes. Within charophytes there were switches between Chara globularis and C. vulgaris communities, depending on lake productivity or hydrological stress. No symptoms were detected of a switch to a turbid regime as a result of potential internal supply of phosphorus from sediments covered with a dense carpet of charophytes. Our study shows that within a longer period with clear water, the community of macro-vegetation can be highly dynamic. It can be represented by various types of vegetation as a response to different productivity levels and/or hydrological stress, largely determining the composition of other hydrobionts and course of various processes, and as a consequence, the functioning of the ecosystem and its resilience.

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Midges as palaeoindicators of lake productivity, eutrophication and hypolimnetic oxygen

Cited by 212 publications

References 125 publications

Climate warming and vegetation response after Heinrich event 1 (16 700–16 000 cal yr BP) in Europe south of the Alps

Climate warming and vegetation response after Heinrich event 1 (16 700–16 000 cal yr BP) in Europe south of the Alps

The distribution of littoral chironomids along an altitudinal gradient in High Tatra Mountain lakes: Could they be used as indicators of climate change?

Towards a more precisely defined macrophyte-dominated regime: the recent history of a shallow lake in Eastern Poland

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